Hanso Jonaso atsakingos politikos vizija technologinėje civilizacijoje

The aim of the article is to reconstruct Hans Jonas’ vision of ethics for the technological civilization and to highlight the challenges that are faced in the attempt to provide an ontological grounding for such ethics. The attempt to develop the ethics of responsibility is inseparable from the affirmation of paternalistic political positions, which leads towards apologetics of total governmental control. In the face of dangers created by modern technology, Jonas argues that attempts to safeguard the existence of humanity are best served by a government that controls all aspects of life. Jonas maintains that in the face of various dangers created by modern technologies, a relationship with them, which is based on fear, becomes pragmatic and rational. A positive evaluation of fear leads towards reactionary political tendencies. Philosopher’s imperative is based on the duty to protect „genuine” human life, however, his vision of total technocratic government could lead to an absolute dehumanization of humanity. It is therefore concluded that Jonas‘ vision of ethics is incompatible with the political ethics of liberal democracy.

The Ethical Philosophic Dimension of Responsibility in Mitigating the COVID-19 Disaster in Indonesia

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a global disaster and every country makes efforts to mitigate it. There needs to be a gradual rise of awareness on the ethics of responsibility to others in the form of a sense of solidarity and togetherness. Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas stated that the basic facts in his philosophy were other people. Therefore, his philosophy is the ethics of responsibility toward others. COVID-19 deserves to be a momentum to reflect on Levinas’ philosophy, by reaffirming responsibility toward others as an ethical fact in mitigating the COVID-19 disaster in Indonesia.

Ouverture de ‘Covid-19. Management Perspectives’

The COVID-19 pandemic is a complex, disruptive event with many impacts beyond those related to health, national economies and global competition. While many worldwide companies were challenged to survive, the pandemic also presented many development opportunities for the long-term. The digital transformation, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, require new skills (OECD, 2020) informed by greater attention to the applied ethics of responsibility. Moreover, the development of the pandemic has generated an acceleration in a process of change in consumer behavior. Many businesses around the world have become aware of having to reconsider their market relationships starting from marketing channels, the use of marketing channels, from multichannelling, to omnichanneling, to metachannelling.

For An Ecological Awareness of Responsible Living

The entrenched and firm conviction that man is master of nature while being separate from it has fostered the culture of the indiscriminate use of natural resources, the destruction of eco-systems and a waste society. Over recent decades, behind the urgent need to halt the ecological drift, the natural landscape has been of considerable interest in various disciplinary contexts including biology, from which it has gained renewed consideration from the “ecology of landscape” perspective, and ethics. Once the theoretical aspects of the ecology of the landscape concept have been clarified, I will demonstrate that the human condition is part of the natural environment. On this basis I will highlight the necessity for man to develop an ecological awareness founded on responsibility regarding biodiversity. The ethics of responsibility, enlightened by an ecological awareness, have to inspire living and guide environmental policy-making.

CROSSINGS OF TIME AND LOOK IN THE JOURNALISTIC IMAGE OF PRECARIOUS LIVES IN “CRACOLÂNDIA” (SP)

ABSTRACT – This article outlines the media representation of the “precarious life”, as Butler (2004, 2014, 2016) defines it, as a form of life deprived of its fundamental rights. The focus is on the analysis of photojournalistic images of two police operations (2017 and 2018) in “cracolândia”, a region in São Paulo’s downtown. From a corpus of 109 images published by the news portals UOL, G1, and R7, we selected eight photographs for a closer analysis of elements that tension the biopolitics of control (Foucault, 1980), impersonality, and disregard for precarious lives, with attempts at survival (Didi-Huberman, 2017) and resistance from vulnerabilities. We identified the presence of three main dimensions of representation: (1) although there is six months between the events, media representation follows a similar pattern of representation; (2) the pictures focus on vulnerable, dispossessed life, but also show the defiant and resistance power of faces and gestures; (3) the individual images of suffering, loss, and grievance are counterpointed by hints of rage and reaction. These elements are analyzed in the light of the reflections that intertwine photojournalism with the ethics of responsibility (Mondzain, 2009; Caron, 2007), which indicates possibilities of approaching and meeting otherness.RESUMO – Este artigo delineia alguns aspectos da representação, pela mídia, do que Butler (2004, 2014, 2016) define como “vida precária”, forma de existência desprovida de direitos e condições básicas. O foco é a análise de imagens fotojornalísticas de duas operações policiais (2017 e 2018) na “cracolândia”, centro de São Paulo. A partir de um corpus de 109 imagens publicadas pelos portais de notícias UOL, G1 e R7, selecionamos oito fotografias para uma análise mais detida de elementos que tensionam a biopolítica do controle (Foucault, 1980), da impessoalidade e da desconsideração das vidas precárias, com as tentativas de sobrevivência (Didi-Huberman, 2017) e resistência a partir das vulnerabilidades. Identificamos a presença de três dimensões principais de representação: (1) há padrões semelhantes de representação, apesar dos eventos estarem separados por seis meses; (2) a cobertura foca na vulnerabilidade dos retratados, mas também há sequências de resistência, sobretudo nas imagens da face e nas gestualidades; (3) imagens individuais de sofrimento, perda e luto encontram um contraponto em expressões de raiva e reação. Esses elementos são analisados à luz das reflexões que entrelaçam o fotojornalismo à ética da responsabilidade (Mondzain, 2009; Caron, 2007), pensando as possibilidades de aproximação e encontro com a alteridade.RESUMEN – Este artículo delinea algunos aspectos de la representación, por los medios, de lo que Butler (2004, 2014, 2016) define como “vida precaria”, existencia sin derechos y condiciones básicas. El foco es cobertura periodística de dos operaciones policiales (2017 y 2018) en la “cracolândia”, región central de la ciudad de São Paulo. La atención se centra en el análisis de imágenes de fotoperiodismo de dos operativos policiales en “cracolândia”, en el centro de São Paulo. De un corpus de 109 imágenes publicadas por los portales de noticias UOL, G1 y R7, seleccionamos ocho fotografías para un análisis más detallado de elementos que tensan la biopolítica del control (Foucault, 1980), la impersonalidad y el desprecio por la vida precaria, con intentos de supervivencia (Didi-Huberman, 2017) y resistencia a vulnerabilidades. Identificamos la presencia de tres dimensiones principales de representación: (1) hay similitudes de representación, aunque los eventos están sean distintos; (2) la cobertura se enfoca en la vulnerabilidad de los retratados, pero también hay secuencias de resistencia, sobre todo en las imágenes de la cara y en los gestos; (3) imágenes individuales de sufrimiento, pérdida y luto encuentran un contrapunto en expresiones de rabia y reacción. Estos elementos se analizan a la luz de las reflexiones que entrelazan el fotoperiodismo con la ética de la responsabilidad (Mondzain, 2009; Caron, 2007), pensando en las posibilidades de acercamiento y encuentro con la alteridad.

Max Weber's Heuristics About University and Education and The Challenges of the XXI Century

The article is devoted to the study of Max Weber's view of the problems of education and the university in the light of its latest actualizations. The chosen subject is studied using both philosophical and sociological tools. Max Weber's concept is studied in the context of its historical conditions of formation and development, in comparison with classical and modern concepts, as well as in terms of its heuristic capabilities in describing, analyzing and explaining modern problems and challenges in the field of education in general and in the university world in particular. On the basis of the historical and cultural retrospective of Weber's Germany at the end of the 19th century, the prerequisites for the formation of the Weberian concept are studied and compared with the socio-cultural situation at the beginning of the 21st century. The authors of the article, critically approaching Weberian epistemologiсs, separately focus on the theoretical and methodological limitations and vulnerabilities of the application of the Weberian concept in the modern world, while pointing out the epistemological advantages and opportunities that it offers. Such subjects as the importance of the political in educational activities; perspectives of the university in the society of commodification; the importance of the worldview component in comparison with generally significant knowledge; place of scientific asceticism and its limitations are revealed. Weber's ethical concepts (“absolute ethics”, “ethics of persuasion”, “ethics of responsibility”) and their heuristic possibilities in the analysis of transformations of the university and education are analyzed in detail. The logical and epistemological gaps in Weber's concept are critically examined, its internal complexity is shown, built on the basis of the ontology of the plurality of social orders. A conclusion is made about the potential of Weber's concepts and ideas for analyzing the current state of the university, science and education.

Business Ethics

The textbook is a sequential course in business ethics. The theory of conceptual transduction developed by the author is widely used. Special attention is paid to the connection between philosophical, meta-scientific and business ethics. The achievements of analytical philosophy, phenomenology, hermeneutics, poststructuralism and other major philosophical trends of our time, as well as their ethical components, in particular utilitarianism, pragmatic and discursive ethics, are taken into account. The latest achievements of modern business ethics are considered. Considerable attention is paid to the corporate ethics of responsibility. For undergraduate and graduate students studying Business Ethics or Business Ethics courses. It is also of considerable interest to postgraduates and researchers, as well as to a wide range of readers.